Chicago rapper D2x has poured all 23 years of his life so far into his debut album, The Color Blue. Across its 13 tracks, he delivers lines about his childhood in the south suburbs, his time playing basketball as a student at Western Illinois University, his struggles with depression, his faith in God, his recent […]
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Get brunch in Lemoncurd with Three Busy Debras
Watch the best of the comedy trio before their Tomorrow Never Knows show and Adult Swim series.
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Sheila Rashid makes possibilities you can wear
Chicago designer Sheila Rashid makes unisex clothes that give people the freedom to define themselves.
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Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim still keep each other weird
With the comedians on tour celebrating the tenth anniversary of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, CAN TV variety show host Steve Gadlin talks to his Adult Swim heroes about public-access television, absurdist comedy, and much more.
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Wham City meets Windy City
The Baltimore trio present their adsurdist multimedia comedy live.
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Listen to a track featuring Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Shabazz Palaces, and George Clinton
The first single from supergroup Woke is today’s 12 O’Clock Track.
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If you aren’t watching Rick and Morty, now’s the time to start
The zany Adult Swim show returns for a second season on Sunday.
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Producer Thelonious Martin is graduating from college, but he’s had a lifelong hip-hop education
The Wunderkid producer has already done so much for someone his age.
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How The Best Show became the world’s greatest in-joke incubator
During their 13 years on WFMU, Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster devised a virtual small town of fictional weirdos. Now they’re back with a studio of their own, a new box set, and a touring live act.
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Killer Mike and El-P of Run the Jewels meditate on a musician’s true path
In an interview with Chicago producer A-Villa, Killer Mike recalls: “When I got there in the studio with El, I felt like Snoop the day he found Dre.”
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Everything is wonderful in the world of Everything Is Terrible!
Everything Is Terrible! is collaborating with the likes of MTV and Fox, but its core mission—to be as weird as possible—holds true.
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Goofballs United, one for all and all for one
The late-night variety show Goofballs United brings together stand-up, improv, and sketch.
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Gossip Wolf: Den replace their bassist and ready their first LP
Gossip Wolf: Soundtrack Serenade plays Spinal Tap, Chance the Rapper plays Bob Marley, and more.
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12 O’Clock Track: Celebrate Independence Day with Dan Deacon’s “USA” suite
It’s the Fourth of July, which is about a good a time as any to listen to a moving and gorgeous work in four parts.
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The untimely demise of cartoon rapper Captain Murphy
How LA producer Flying Lotus single-handedly created and destroyed one of the more interesting rappers to gain national attention this year